Pascal Birchler (@swissspidy) – WordPress user profile | WordPress.org

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Member Since: February 25th, 2008
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: pascalbirchler.com
GitHub: swissspidy
Job Title: Developer Relations Engineer
Employer: Google
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Bio

Software Engineer based in Switzerland. WordPress Core Committer. Traveller. Foodie. Polyglot. WordCamp and WordPress Meetup Organizer. Developer Relations Engineer at Google.

Interests

WordPress, Web, I18n

WordPress Origin Story

Started blogging as a 12-year-old back in 2006. Have been hacking on my own sites ever since. Fell in love with the community.

Contributions Sponsored

Pascal Birchler contributes 6 hours per week to the following teams: CLI, Core, Polyglots.

Contribution History

Core Contributor
Core Team
Documentation Contributor
Meetup Organizer
Meta Contributor
Plugin Developer
Translation Contributor
Translation Editor
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker
WP-CLI Contributor

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Posted a reply to Web Stories plugin could not be initialized. You appear to be running an incomp, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, that at least is a different error message. What is the exact error shown…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to Video Trimming is not available for users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Video trimming requires upload capabilities, since we need to upload the trimmed video…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to Editor crashes now, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Our developers are planning on looking into it this week. Is it possible for you…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You don't need to set WEBSTORIES_DEV_MODE and you don't need to change anything about experiments.…

6 hours ago
Posted a reply to Web Stories plugin could not be initialized. You appear to be running an incomp, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Did you install the plugin from GitHub or some other source? On GitHub…

7 hours ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, okay interesting. And you're an admin user? Could you perhaps provide your Site Health…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And you still don't see the option? In that case, what browser are you using…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to ‘Trim’ button not available in Google Webstories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there For enhanced features like video trimming to be available you need to enable…

3 days ago
Created issue #39079 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
jest-console does not work with `jest.retryTimes()`

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Cant use web story with wordpress 5.9, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Are you using the latest version of the plugin? Where are you seeing…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to Webstories Adding As SHORTCODE Displays Only ‘DEFAULT VIEW’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Glad to hear the stories are displaying properly now! The "Default View" button is not…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Web Story is invalid It won’t appear in Google Search results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Did you change something in your story in the meantime? I just tested…

7 days ago
Posted a reply to Webstories redirect to blackscreen on carousel click, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Replied at https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webstories-adding-as-shortcode-displays-only-default-view/#post-15386288

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Webstories not displaying in Sidebar via ShortCode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Replied at your other topic: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webstories-adding-as-shortcode-displays-only-default-view/#post-15386288

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Webstories Adding As SHORTCODE Displays Only ‘DEFAULT VIEW’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This Custom CSS might not be in Elementor, but in the WordPress customizer. You can…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Webstories not displaying in Sidebar via ShortCode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The issue is the display: none issue as mentioned in your other support topic. In…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Webstories redirect to blackscreen on carousel click, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@emilrueh The issue is the display: none issue as mentioned above. It's the same thing…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Webstories Adding As SHORTCODE Displays Only ‘DEFAULT VIEW’, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there In your Customizer Custom CSS section you appear to have the folowing CSS:…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to No audio from videos?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@logicgasm Sorry to hear that you're having troubles with video audio channels in stories. Could…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Broken Link for Images from Media Library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Awesome, I am so glad to hear it worked! Now I hope there's nothing else…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Broken Link for Images from Media Library, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're not the only one who is a bit confused here. Let me take a…

1 week ago
Mentioned in [52764] on Core SVN:
Editor: Adds an additional check to guard against incompete presets.

2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52763] on Core SVN:
Editor: Adds an additional check to guard against incompete presets.

2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52748] on Core SVN:
Script Loader: Improvements to the load block support styles mechanism.

2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52743] on Core SVN:
Script Loader: Improvements to the load block support styles mechanism.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Main Image shows as broken, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I totally understand the frustration with the back and forth, but unfortunately we are not…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Webstories not displaying in Sidebar via ShortCode, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These are just helpful warnings for developers, not errors. There's nothing for you to do…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Media file not showing in web stories plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
These errors seem to be caused by some other plugin on your site or perhaps…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Resizing text box increases/decreases text size, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks a lot for your feedback! We acknowledge that this really not intuitive at all.…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to access images in stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You appear to be using some plugin/theme/code that changes links to be "nofollow". This code…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Issue: Breaking WPGraphQL plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there You are running into a known bug in the WPGraphQL plugin. WordPress supports…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Display error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Where on your homepage were the tags appearing? What code/plugin are you using…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to How do I edit music volume, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for this great question! It is not possible to change the music…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web stories shows error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @thousifziya, as per the other thread, please open a new ticket for your case.

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Bug in the Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks a lot for your review! Could you please open a new support…

3 weeks ago
Committed [2673424] to Plugins SVN:
Bump Tested up to value

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Webstories Carousel Not Playing Stories On Click, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is an entirely unrelated notice on your Site Health screen telling you that you…

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Web stories plugin broken images issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
According to the error messages CORS still does not seem to be configured fully on…

3 weeks ago
Closed ticket #55076 on Core Trac:
There is no filter hook available for wp_list_users method

3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Images no work im my site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, If you've set up a CDN for your site, you need to make…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to font family issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
OK, that is a different page. Can you confirm that the first page ("You don't…

4 weeks ago
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress development environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
If it would be open sourced you could remove the upsell part.

4 weeks ago
Committed [2670912] to Plugins SVN:
Releasing version 1.17.0

4 weeks ago
Committed [2670911] to Plugins SVN:
Tagging version 1.17.0

4 weeks ago
Committed [2670910] to Plugins SVN:
Committing version 1.17.0

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to transition between pages always shows blurry image on smartphone, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The poster image is necessary for user experience and accessibility reasons. If you remove it,…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to [NSFW] Web Stories Untitled Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just like for any other web page, it is considered a best practice to provide…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to font family issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there Your font displays just fine for me: Does it still happen for you…

4 weeks ago
Mentioned in [52655] on Core SVN:
Docs: Add a comment to clarify the `username_exists()` check in `wpmu_validate_blog_signup()`.

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to access images in stories, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looking at your console errors, you need to set an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header on your S3…

4 weeks ago

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